Comparison

Air Watcher vs AQ Indoor

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Air Watcher

Features
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Air Watcher support both old Today Extension and new brand new iOS14 widget, and dark mode! You can long press the new widget and switch between different countries. Air Watcher is committed to be completely free and no ads! Monitor the air quality in the five supported cities in China. The data source is from U.S. Department of State Air Quality Monitoring Program. Support iOS14 new widget! In most of the time, you don't even need to open the app. More features to come!

About

AQ Indoor

Features
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This app allows a user to SCAN the QR code on the front of the AQ Indoor and display data directly from the device on their mobile phone. The First page presents the CO2 value on a range that depicts air quality at that particular CO2 reading. This page also includes an Info tab that educates the user about what CO2 is and how this impacts the environment and the user. On the second page, the user is presented with the last 5 days highest CO2 value recorded. Also, on this page is the current pressure reading. Another info Tab on this page educates the user about room pressure and why this is important to their local environment.. This is a read-only application. Users can not change any values on the unit. The unit is initially set up by the installer.

Screenshots

Air Watcher4 screens
AQ Indoor4 screens

Verdict

The call

Air Watcher and AQ Indoor are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Air Watcher versus AQ Indoor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAir WatcherAQ Indoor
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 โ€” better12.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size19 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerๆ—‹ ๅˆ˜XCSpec

In-app purchases

None

Air Watcher

No in-app purchases

None

AQ Indoor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Air Watcher free?
Air Watcher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AQ Indoor free?
AQ Indoor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Air Watcher or AQ Indoor have ads?
Neither Air Watcher nor AQ Indoor shows ads.

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